Imran Khan condemns 'illegal' Zaman Park raid, to raise contempt issue
Imran Khan said that the police raid on his house was contempt of court as the police raided his house without search warrant.
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Imran Khan said that the police raid on his house was contempt of court as the police raided his house without search warrant.
Material. just astounding that we're in that situation two years out. >> it shows that the people around are the people who are in his inner circle or the people who he's paying to represent him, they don't trust him. because if they were to do that, they would have criminal risk themselves. >> they've seen this movie before, in a certain sense, which is in june his lawyers do make that statement, that they have returned all the documents in response to the subpoena, to the best of their knowledge. and then that particular lawyer is actually told you're in legal jeopardy now because it's prove...
Sarah? >> reporter: well we're expecting a hearing in a sealed proceeding to happen on this contempt issue later today. what the justice department is saying to this judge is, look, the trump team never complied with the subpoena we sent over the summer to return all documents with classified m marking. the trump feel found two more documents with classified markings as a storage unit and they're concerned that the trump team won't name a custodian of records to sign an attestation saying we've looked and we've handed over anything with classified markings. so that is all an issue in a secret ...
Upcoming legal battle. walk wus through if trump doesnt comply with the subpoena. >> first he'll spend a lot of time not complying but trying to avoid saying not complying so they can't get to the contempt issue just yet. my understanding is he's added a new attorney onto the team. sounds like he's looking for tones who will agree with him rather than try to counsel him or guide the case, so they'll seek -- this is not very heavy lifting for the defense attorney. you invoke all sorts of things, executive privilege, attorney/client privilege. and since this is a special situation, they'll have ...
Trump does not still any documents that would respond to the subpoena from the new york attorney general's office. the judge is saying, you still have to prove to me that what you did with these post it note and what you did with a handful of other boxes. once the trump people can do that, it looks like the judge will release his from this contempt. it's important to keep in mind the bigger picture. this is about larger investigation which may result in a civil lawsuit by the new york ag against the trump organization. that's the bigger picture here. it looks like trump is about to get through...